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<appendix id="release">
<title>Release Notes</title>
<sect1 id="release-7-4-9">
<title>Release 7.4.9</title>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2005-10-04</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.8.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to version 7.4.9</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However,
if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.8, see the release
notes for 7.4.8.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix error that allowed <command>VACUUM</> to remove
<literal>ctid</> chains too soon, and add more checking in code that follows
<literal>ctid</> links</para>
<para>This fixes a long-standing problem that could cause crashes in very rare
circumstances.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <type>CHAR()</> to properly pad spaces to the specified
length when using a multiple-byte character set (Yoshiyuki Asaba)</para>
<para>In prior releases, the padding of <type>CHAR()</> was incorrect
because it only padded to the specified number of bytes without
considering how many characters were stored.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix planning problem with outer-join ON clauses that reference
only the inner-side relation</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Further fixes for <literal>x FULL JOIN y ON true</> corner
cases</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make <function>array_in</> and <function>array_recv</> more
paranoid about validating their OID parameter</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix missing rows in queries like <literal>UPDATE a=... WHERE
a...</> with GiST index on column <literal>a</></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve robustness of datetime parsing</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve checking for partially-written WAL
pages</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve robustness of signal handling when SSL is
enabled</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Don't try to open more than <literal>max_files_per_process</>
files during postmaster startup</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various memory leakage fixes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various portability improvements</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix PL/PgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when
the variable is of pass-by-reference type</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Update <filename>contrib/tsearch2</> to use current Snowball
code</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-4-8">
<title>Release 7.4.8</title>
@ -723,6 +785,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -986,8 +1049,8 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@ -1001,6 +1064,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<para>
Observe the following incompatibilities:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@ -1139,8 +1203,8 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
adjacent to operators.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@ -2568,6 +2632,57 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-11">
<title>Release 7.3.11</title>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2005-10-04</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.10.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to version 7.3.11</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However,
if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release
notes for 7.3.10.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix error that allowed <command>VACUUM</> to remove
<literal>ctid</> chains too soon, and add more checking in code that follows
<literal>ctid</> links</para>
<para>This fixes a long-standing problem that could cause crashes in very rare
circumstances.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <type>CHAR()</> to properly pad spaces to the specified
length when using a multiple-byte character set (Yoshiyuki Asaba)</para>
<para>In prior releases, the padding of <type>CHAR()</> was incorrect
because it only padded to the specified number of bytes without
considering how many characters were stored.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix missing rows in queries like <literal>UPDATE a=... WHERE
a...</> with GiST index on column <literal>a</></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve checking for partially-written WAL
pages</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve robustness of signal handling when SSL is
enabled</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various memory leakage fixes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various portability improvements</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix PL/PgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when
the variable is of pass-by-reference type</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-10">
<title>Release 7.3.10</title>
@ -3230,6 +3345,7 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -3346,7 +3462,6 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@ -3358,12 +3473,12 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
application examines the system catalogs, additional changes will
be required due to the introduction of schemas in 7.3; for more
information, see: <ulink
url="http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3">
http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3</>.
url="http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3"></>.
</para>
<para>
Observe the following incompatibilities:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@ -3455,8 +3570,6 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@ -4231,6 +4344,7 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -4305,8 +4419,8 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@ -4319,6 +4433,7 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
<para>
Observe the following incompatibilities:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@ -4368,8 +4483,8 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
<literal>timestamp 'string'</literal> or <literal>CAST</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The <literal>SELECT ... LIMIT #,#</literal> syntax will be removed
@ -4905,6 +5020,7 @@ Python fixes (Darcy)
<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -4981,7 +5097,6 @@ Subqueries in FROM are now supported.
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to version 7.1</title>
@ -5368,6 +5483,7 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -5421,9 +5537,9 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
column correlation names.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to version 7.0</title>
@ -5441,6 +5557,7 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
<para>
Interface and compatibility issues to consider for the new
release include:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@ -5487,8 +5604,6 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@ -6976,7 +7091,7 @@ Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)
<para>
There are some general 6.3 issues that I want to mention. These are
only the big items that can not be described in one sentence. A review
only the big items that cannot be described in one sentence. A review
of the detailed changes list is still needed.
</para>
<para>
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sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
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